Street-indicator.



F. C. LUETHY.

STREET INDICATOR.

APPLlCATlON FILED JUNE 17, 1914.

1,142,718. Patented June 8, 1915.

Witnesses THE NORRIS PETERS CG. PHOTO-LITHQ, WASHINGTON, D. c,

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' ranmuox QIUETHY, or sToUeHTN .WIscoNsI1\T,

. smear-INDICA OR.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, F EoRIoKCLLui ETHY,

' a citizen of the United States,'residing at Stoughton, in-the county of' Dane andState of,.'\7Visoonsin,' have invented a new and useful Street-Indicator, of Which'the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is adapted to be employed for indicating to the occupants of a railway car or other vehicle, intersecting streets, stations and. other polnts at which passengers.

With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can .be made Within the scope of what'is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention. In the accompanying drawings-:-Figure 1 is a sectional view depicting a portion of a car equipped with the device constituting the subject matter of this invention, parts appearingin elevation; Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a cross sec tion showing the slide and its mounting; Fig. 4 is an elevation depicting the upper end of the trolley pole and attendant parts.

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 indicates the roof of a car, the ceiling being denoted by the numeral 2 and being provided with an opening Mounted on the roof '1 or otherwise disposed is a support 4 to which a primary lever 5 is pivoted as shown at 6, one end of the lever 5 terminating in a hook 7 engaged with thefl'exible element 8 passed around a guide sheave 9 carried by the roof 1 and ex-' tended around aguide sheave 10 carried by the ceiling 2, the flexible element 8 being connected with a movable element 11 constituting a part of an indicator 12 of any standard construction.

Pivoted as indicated at 14 to the hooked end of the lever 5 is an arm 15 terminated Specification of Letters IBatent; Patented une'8',1915. Application filed J'une'17, 19 14. Seria1No.845,680.

at its upper endin' bifurcations 16 connected i by a pin17 receiving ahook 18.formed-"upon the lower' end of a slide 19 mounted to re-Qj ciprocate in a guide 20 secured'to the trolley pole 21, the. same being mounted as ,indi

catedat'22 upon the roof 1 of the car in any conventional or desired manner. 7 3

Connected as indicated at 23 with the slide 19 is a flexible element 24 passing through a guide 25 on the trolley 'pole 21,-

the upper end of the flexible element 24 being secured as indicated at: 26 toone end of 7 r a, curved segment 27 formed at the lower portion of a yoke-28, the segment :being grooved to 1 receive the I flexible element 24 Q and the yoke beinggpivotedupon the axle 29 mounted in the upper end of the trolley pole 21 and carrying atrolley wheel "SO'adaptedto cooperate'with a conductor 31: supported upon a bracketg32 of usual construction and held in price by-the usual lateral' guy' wires 33.

Depending from the bracket 32 andheld thereon by bolts34 or the like are arms 35 supporting an auxiliary track 36 which is arched uprightly in its centralportiomthe auxiliary track 36 being adapted to be traversed by a wheel 37 j ournaled upon the yoke 28 adjacent the lower end thereof. 1 J J In practical operation, the wheel 37 rides up the track 36 tothe apex thereof and is eased down the track-36, without objection-v able noise. As the wheel 37 approaches the.

apex of the traek'36, the yoke 28 is tilted on the axle 29 and the flexible element 24- is drawn upon, the samejriding in the'groove of the curved segment 27. When the flexible element 24 is-drawn upon, the slide 19 *j will move in the guide 20, the hook 18 of'ithe guide engaging the cross'pin 17' of the arm ing the primary lever5upwardly on its ful 15v and elevating the arm, the arm-15 swingthe movable element 11 and operating the cate the street, 'station'or other point which indicator. 12 at the appropriate time, to indiis being approached. Owing to the presence of the pin 17, the trolley pole 21 may have the proper lateral movement'when the car is turning the corner or roundingia curve. Since the arm 15 is pivotedas shown at 14 to the lever 15, the device will operate satisfactorily irrespective of the angle de-' porting structure; a lever fulcrumed at one end upon the supporting structure; an indicator; means for operatively connecting the indicator with the other end of the lever; an arm pivoted to said other end of the lever; a trolley pole .mounted on the supporting structure; slidable means on the trolley pole cooperating wit-lithe arm; and mechanism for actuating the slidable means.

2. In a device of the class described, a car; direction changing idlers mounted on the car; an indicator on the car; a-flex-ible element engaging adjacent edges of the idlers and operatively connected with the indicator; a lever fulcrumed at one end upon the car and at its other end connected with the flexible element; an arm pivoted to said other end of the lever; a trolley pole mounted on the car; slidable means onithe trolley pole and engaged with the arm; and mecha nism for actuating the slidable means.

3. In a device of the class described, asupporting structure; a lever fulcrumed at one end upon the supporting structure; an indicator; means for operatively connecting the indicator-with the other end of the lever; an arm pivoted to said other end of the lever and provided at its upper end with bifurcations; a connection between the bifurcations; a trolley pole carried by the supportstructure; a slide mounted to reciprocate 1n the trolley pole and engaged with the connection; and means for actuating the slide.

4.- In device of the class described, a car; an indicator thereon; a trolley pole on the car; av relatively fixed auxiliary track arched upwardly intermediate its ends; a yoke pivotally supported by the trolley pole; means for operatively connecting the yoke with the indicator; and means carried by the yoke for engaging the upper edge of the C'ogiiesof this patent'may be obtained fOI fiVB cents each, by addressing.the Commissioner or Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

